Seymour, IN—Friday morning, the Indiana State Police responded to a single vehicle crash on US 31 near County Road 700 North that claimed the life of a Seymour man.
The initial investigation by the Indiana State Police-Versailles Crash Reconstruction Team, indicated that a white 2000 Chevrolet van, being driven by Zachary R. Trotter, age 26 of Seymour, was traveling southbound. For an unknown reason, Trotter’s vehicle left the west side of the roadway. The vehicle then struck a culvert before striking a tree head-on and coming to a stop.
As a result of the collision, Trotter sustained fatal injuries in the crash and was deceased at the scene by the Jackson County Coroner’s Office.
The investigation is ongoing. Toxicology results are pending at this time.
